Overview
Background
Prof Siskind trained as a psychiatrist in Australia and the United States. He graduated from medicine at the University of Queensland in 1998. After working with Doctors Without Borders in Chechnya in 2000, he became interested in psychiatry. He moved to Boston in 2002, where he did his psychiatry residency at Boston University and a Master of Public Health at Harvard University. He returned to Brisbane in June 2008 as a clinical academic psychiatrist at the Metro South Addiction and Mental Health Service. He completed his Ph.D in Feb 2014. His research interests include clozapine and treatment refractory schizophrenia, the physical health of people with severe and persistent mental illness, supported accommodation, assertive community treatment and mental health services research. He has been awarded an NHMRC Investigator Grant as an Emerging Leadership Fellow (2021-2025) and held an NHMRC Early Career Fellowship (2016-2019). He has a current CIA MRFF RCRDUN grant looking at treatments to reduce cardiometabolic morbidity among people with schizophrenia. He has over 200 peer reviewed publications, including first author in the highly ranked Lancet, World Psychiatry, Lancet Psychiatry, BJPsych, ANZJP, & Schizophrenia Bulletin. He is a named investigator on over $40 million in competitive research grants, with over $6 million as CIA.
Availability
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Fields of research
Research interests
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Schizophrenia
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Physical Health Comorbidity
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Biopsychology of physical activity in people with schizophrenia: an integrative perspective on barriers and intervention strategies
Arnautovska, Urska, Kesby, James P, Korman, Nicole, Rebar, Amanda L., Chapman, Justin, Warren, Nicola, Rossell, Susan L., Dark, Frances L. and Siskind, Dan (2022). Biopsychology of physical activity in people with schizophrenia: an integrative perspective on barriers and intervention strategies. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment, Volume 18, 2917-2926. doi: 10.2147/ndt.s393775
2022
Conference Publication
Telemental Health Services on the Medicare Benefits Scheme: data from 2019 to 2021
Snoswell, Centaine L., Arnautovska, Urska, Haydon, Helen M., Siskind, Dan and Smith, Anthony (2022). Telemental Health Services on the Medicare Benefits Scheme: data from 2019 to 2021. The Successes and Failures in Telehealth (SFT) Conference 2022, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 9-11 November 2022. Australian Telehealth Society.
2022
Journal Article
Colorectal cancer treatment in people with severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Protani, Melinda M., Alotiby, Meshary Khaled N., Seth, Rebecca, Lawrence, David, Jordan, Susan J., Logan, Hayley, Kendall, Bradley J., Siskind, Dan, Sara, Grant and Kisely, Steve (2022). Colorectal cancer treatment in people with severe mental illness: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 31 e82, 1-11. doi: 10.1017/s2045796022000634
2022
Journal Article
The role of metformin as a treatment for neuropsychiatric illness
Dodd, Seetal, Sominsky, Luba, Siskind, Dan, Bortolasci, Chiara C, Carvalho, Andre F., Maes, Michael, Walker, Adam J., Walder, Ken, Yung, Alison R, Williams, Lana J., Myles, Hannah, Watson, Tayler and Berk, Michael (2022). The role of metformin as a treatment for neuropsychiatric illness. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 64, 32-43. doi: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2022.09.002
2022
Journal Article
Clozapine shared care: mental health services and GPs working together for better outcomes for people with schizophrenia
Sharma, Akanksha, Buckhalter, Shoshana, Siskind, Dan J and Castle, David (2022). Clozapine shared care: mental health services and GPs working together for better outcomes for people with schizophrenia. Medical Journal of Australia, 217 (S7), S36-S38. doi: 10.5694/mja2.51702
2022
Journal Article
Fabrication and Characterization of Clozapine Nanoemulsion Sol–Gel for Intranasal Administration
Tan, Madeleine S. A., Pandey, Preeti, Lohman, Rink-Jan, Falconer, James R., Siskind, Dan J. and Parekh, Harendra S. (2022). Fabrication and Characterization of Clozapine Nanoemulsion Sol–Gel for Intranasal Administration. Molecular Pharmaceutics, 19 (11), 4055-4066. doi: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.2c00513
2022
Journal Article
Renewal of academic psychiatry without addressing gender equity will render it Jurassic rather than endangered
Galbally, Megan, Eggleston, Katherine, Northwood, Korinne, Siskind, Dan, Berk, Michael, Suetani, Shuichi, Gill, Neeraj, O’Connor, Nick, Harvey, Samuel B. and Every-Palmer, Susanna (2022). Renewal of academic psychiatry without addressing gender equity will render it Jurassic rather than endangered. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 57 (3), 315-321. doi: 10.1177/00048674221123494
2022
Conference Publication
Estimation of cardiac QTc intervals in people prescribed antipsychotics: a comparison of correction factors
Andric, Teodora , Winckel, Karl , Tanzer, Timothy David , Hollingworth, Samantha , Smith, Lesley , Isoardi, Katherine , Tan, Olivier and Siskind, Dan (2022). Estimation of cardiac QTc intervals in people prescribed antipsychotics: a comparison of correction factors. Griffith Medical Student Conference, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 8 September 2022.
2022
Journal Article
A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between periodontal disease and severe mental illness
Cai, Vickie, Ng, Chee Peng, Zhao, Jenny, Siskind, Dan and Kisely, Steve (2022). A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between periodontal disease and severe mental illness. Psychosomatic Medicine, 84 (7), 836-847. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000001102
2022
Journal Article
Impairments in goal-directed action and reversal learning in a proportion of individuals with psychosis
Suetani, Shuichi, Baker, Andrea, Garner, Kelly, Cosgrove, Peter, Mackay-Sim, Matilda, Siskind, Dan, Murray, Graham K., Scott, James G. and Kesby, James P. (2022). Impairments in goal-directed action and reversal learning in a proportion of individuals with psychosis. Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 22 (6), 1390-1403. doi: 10.3758/s13415-022-01026-8
2022
Journal Article
N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in schizophrenia resistant to clozapine: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial targeting negative symptoms
Neill, Erica, Rossell, Susan L., Yolland, Caitlin, Meyer, Denny, Galletly, Cherrie, Harris, Anthony, Siskind, Dan, Berk, Michael, Bozaoglu, Kiymet, Dark, Frances, Dean, Olivia M., Francis, Paul S., Liu, Dennis, Phillipou, Andrea, Sarris, Jerome and Castle, David J. (2022). N-acetylcysteine (NAC) in schizophrenia resistant to clozapine: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial targeting negative symptoms. Schizophrenia Bulletin, 48 (6), 1263-1272. doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbac065
2022
Journal Article
Self‐reported child maltreatment and cardio‐metabolic risk in 30‐year‐old adults
Kisely, Stephen, Siskind, Dan, Scott, James G. and Najman, Jake Moses (2022). Self‐reported child maltreatment and cardio‐metabolic risk in 30‐year‐old adults. Internal Medicine Journal, 53 (7), 1121-1130. doi: 10.1111/imj.15824
2022
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A systematic review of frailty education programs for health care professionals
Warren, Nicola, Gordon, Emily, Pearson, Ella, Siskind, Dan, Hilmer, Sarah N., Etherton‐Beer, Christopher, Shafiee Hanjani, Leila, Young, Adrienne M., Reid, Natasha and Hubbard, Ruth E. (2022). A systematic review of frailty education programs for health care professionals. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 41 (4), e310-e319. doi: 10.1111/ajag.13096
2022
Journal Article
Frailty and Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Pearson, Ella, Siskind, Dan, Hubbard, Ruth, Gordon, Emily, Coulson, Elizabeth, Arnautovska, Urska and Warren, Nicola (2022). Frailty and Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Community Mental Health Journal, 59 (1), 1-5. doi: 10.1007/s10597-022-00998-8
2022
Conference Publication
Differentiation of unipolar and bipolar depression based on clinical features: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Hopkins, Kristen, Siskind, Dan, McMahon, Laura, Philips, Elise, Lind, Penelope, Medland, Sarah and Warren, Nicola (2022). Differentiation of unipolar and bipolar depression based on clinical features: a systematic review and meta-analysis.. The 24th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders, Online, 10–12 June 2022. Hoboken, NJ United States: Wiley-Blackwell.
2022
Journal Article
Characteristics of people on community treatment orders in Australia: Data from the 2010 National Survey of High Impact Psychosis
Suetani, Shuichi, Kisely, Steve, Parker, Stephen, Waterreus, Anna, Morgan, Vera A. and Siskind, Dan (2022). Characteristics of people on community treatment orders in Australia: Data from the 2010 National Survey of High Impact Psychosis. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 56 (7) 00048674211036032, 788-799. doi: 10.1177/00048674211036032
2022
Journal Article
Increase in telemental health services on the Medicare Benefits Schedule after the start of the coronavirus pandemic: data from 2019 to 2021
Snoswell, Centaine L., Arnautovska, Urska, Haydon, Helen M., Siskind, Dan and Smith, Anthony C. (2022). Increase in telemental health services on the Medicare Benefits Schedule after the start of the coronavirus pandemic: data from 2019 to 2021. Australian Health Review, 46 (5), 544-549. doi: 10.1071/ah22078
2022
Conference Publication
Mental health diagnoses, frailty, and outcomes in a large cohort of Australian inpatients
Baral, S., Reid, N., Siskind, D., Warren, N., Gordon, E. and Hubbard, R. (2022). Mental health diagnoses, frailty, and outcomes in a large cohort of Australian inpatients. The Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting 2022, Perth, WA Australia, 8 - 10 June 2022. Richmond, VIC Australia: John Wiley & Sons.
2022
Journal Article
Estimation of cardiac QTc intervals in people prescribed antipsychotics: a comparison of correction factors
Andric, Teodora, Winckel, Karl, Tanzer, Timothy David, Hollingworth, Samantha, Smith, Lesley, Isoardi, Katherine, Tan, Olivier and Siskind, Dan (2022). Estimation of cardiac QTc intervals in people prescribed antipsychotics: a comparison of correction factors. Therapeutic Advances in Psychopharmacology, 12, 204512532211049. doi: 10.1177/20451253221104947
2022
Journal Article
After the acute crisis – engaging people with psychosis in rehabilitation-oriented care
Siskind, Dan and Yung, Alison (2022). After the acute crisis – engaging people with psychosis in rehabilitation-oriented care. World Psychiatry, 21 (2), 246-247. doi: 10.1002/wps.20970
Funding
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Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Multi-morbidity among people living with severe mental illness
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren, Professor Steve Kisely
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating clozapine rechallenge using granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in people previously experiencing clozapine-associated neutropenia.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Steve Kisely
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Doctor Philosophy
Management of myocarditis among people with schizophrenia commencing clozapine
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren
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Doctor Philosophy
Quality and Safe Use of Clozapine
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren, Professor Michael Barras, Professor Steve Kisely
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Master Philosophy
Food insecurity among people living with schizophrenia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Urska Arnautovska
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Doctor Philosophy
Quality and Safe Use of Clozapine
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren, Professor Michael Barras, Professor Steve Kisely
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Doctor Philosophy
Measuring cognitive flexibility in rodents
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Thomas Burne
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Master Philosophy
The Role and Impact of Culture and Language in Mental Health and Mental Health Care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren
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Master Philosophy
A quantitative and qualitative study of forensic orders in Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Claudia Bull, Professor Steve Kisely
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Doctor Philosophy
Smoking Cessation in People with a Serious Mental Illness
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Steve Kisely, Professor Coral Gartner
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Master Philosophy
The Role and Impact of Culture and Language in Mental Health and Mental Health Care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Nicola Warren
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Doctor Philosophy
Unveiling the Complexities of Psychotic Disorders: Enhancing Treatment Safety and Understanding Heterogeneity Through Biomarkers, Genetic Analysis, and Multimodal Data Integration
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Sarah Medland
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
Psychiatric clinical decision making in anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Stefan Blum, Professor Steve Kisely
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
The Role of the Gut Microbiome in Psychiatric Illness: From Prenatal Risk Factors to Treatment Resistance
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Jake Gratten, Professor Darryl Eyles
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Measuring and improving cognition in a rodent model relevant to schizophrenia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr James Kesby, Professor Thomas Burne
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Nose-to-Brain Delivery of Clozapine in Sol-Gel Systems
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Harendra Parekh, Dr James Robert Falconer
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the characteristics and service needs of carers for adults with mental illness to inform mental health service planning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris, Professor Harvey Whiteford
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Who receives what, from whom, and to what effect at clinically operated, community-based residential mental health rehabilitation for Severe and Persistent Mental Illness in Australia?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Meredith Harris, Professor Harvey Whiteford
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